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Personal info

Full name
BARKHOLZ, Ernest C
Date of birth
28 November 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Saginaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36883245
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grevenmacher, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 52

Immediate family

Members
Albert L. Barkholz (father)
Pauline E. (Fischer) Barkholz (mother)
Clara U. Barkholz (sister)
Pearl Barkholz (sister)
Ruth M. Barkholz (sister)
Minnie W. Barkholz (sister)
Elva C. Barkholz (sister)
Emma C. Barkholz (sister)
Lillian E. Barkholz (sister)
Nila E. (Brandt) Barkholz (wife)

More information

Ernest C. Barkholz graduated from Arthur Hill Trade School and worked for the Lufkin Rule plant.

He enlisted enlisted in October 1943 and was sent overseas to England in March 1944. He was sent to France in mid July 1944.

Pvt Barkholz was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Schumacher Abler / 1930/1940 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com